The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
Fashion Notes for Spring.

Jackets and listers, both tight-fitting. are
in great demand this spring.
Half high boots and low shoes will again
be in vogue for summer wear
Pongee costumes are made up over seal
brown or moss green petticoats.
The fashionable stocking is black, or some
I very dark shade of brown or blue.
Cashmere, repped silks and MORE are the
fabrics most used for dressy spring toilettes,
A novelty in spring woolens is Valentia,
having velvet and plush stripes on plain sur
faces
Fawn color and dark shades of steel and
brown are the leading favorites for tailor
made gowns.
Very high collars, stiff with gold or sill
yer embroidery, are used on handsome re-
ception toilets
The old-fashioned stringless ''fiower bon
! nets" are to be worn this summer under the
new name of the "Chaperon."
Bias-fronted bodices are being extensively
used for mohairs, India silks, batistes and
other soft, thin summer fabrics.
Brims of bonnets will continue to be COW
cred with gathered velvet. The velvet is
often of the same color as the toilet.
Riches of pinked or notched silk are
! placed around the brims of capotes which
are intended to be worn without strings.
Ribbon bows are in great favor on all the
summer toilets, and when mixed with light
laces and muslins the effect is very good
Full suits in different shades of one color
are to he much worn during the spring
months, particularly mouse and steel gray.
Charles X pink is rapidly becoming,
with abSinthe green, the rival Of the univer-
sal heliotrope 1t is also known as old pink.
The popular combination dresses promise
to be those of cashmere draped over silk
skirts, as they are imported in great va
riety.
Chatelaines bid fair to he in favor once
more. Tiny 'spice TASKS" of Egyptian
make are one of the ornaments for full dress
occasions
The polonaise, in both open and closed
shapes, is steadily gaining favor, and s the
prominent feature of many distinguished,
looking toilets.
New under garments are made of very
fine cambria, hand embroidered in small de
signs, such as trefoils horse shoes, etc. in
marine blue or red
Many Of the newly imported French polo
naises are cut with pompadour or heart
shaped bodices, or in graduated points, this
opening reaching from the throat to the belt
III front.
Mask wells with scalloped borders are
Drought III lulle OF every Color, ana also III
more substantial gauze or grenadine dotted
with chenille, and the edge marked by rows
of dots quite close together.
The newest bonnets are in cap shapes,
with longer crowns than any lately worn.
and these begin TO show n tendency toward
lowering the trimming, making them still
high, yet not in the exaggerated heights of
the past season.
The prettiest spring hats for girls from
70 TO IA years Of age have low crowns and
broad brims. and can be bent into almost
any desired shape. Ostrich feathers are the
tayol1te trimming, and a tutt of them is
sometimes used resting on "A velvet band in
side the brim.
Very pretty turhans for young ladies'
wear have crowns OF black lace, aud the
brims are of jet and iit the head closely.
The trimming Is "A knot Of black cocks
plumeS and black molire ribbons, tied 10
gether with old-rose, blue or pale green rib
bon. They are cspe 'ially suitable 10 wear
with black lace dres5as.
Flowers made Of shavings are the latest
fancy work craze. Very effective shad.ngs
are produced by the use Of shayings Of dif
fcrcnt binds of wood, their delicate natural
colOring showing % excellent advantage
against r. background Of plush. They are
much more durable than muslin or paper
productions oi tle same sort.